diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
index 56147c50a8..28b9667c47 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
@@ -1769,7 +1769,7 @@ class RunQueue:
                 latestmatch = sorted(matches.keys(), key=lambda f: matches[f])[-1]
                 prevh = __find_sha256__.search(latestmatch).group(0)
                 output = bb.siggen.compare_sigfiles(latestmatch, match, recursecb)
-                bb.plain("\nTask %s:%s couldn't be used from the cache because:\n  We need hash %s, closest matching task was %s\n  " % (pn, taskname, h, prevh) + '\n  '.join(output))
+                bb.plain("\nTask %s:%s couldn't be used from the cache because:\n  We need hash %s, most recent matching task was %s\n  " % (pn, taskname, h, prevh) + '\n  '.join(output))
 
 
 class RunQueueExecute: